The Environmental Protection Agency has removed references to fossil fuels from its online page about climate change causes ...

Usha Lee McFarling is a former STAT reporter. The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine is scrubbing pending reports of words such as “health equity,” “marginalized populations,” ...

A new report from a U.S. government science panel on plastics calls for more collaboration on environmental challenges, notes an "urgent" need to address microplastics and highlights "tension" over ...

In an interview with MedPage Today, Steven Woolf, MD, MPH, of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, discusses a striking open letter signed by over 1,900 members of the National Academies of ...

While the CDC's Immunization Safety Office (ISO) played an essential role in monitoring vaccine safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, it needs to maintain independence from its parent agency if it ...

A rescue worker wearing a helmet searches along the banks of a river. A rescue worker searches along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, after a July 12 flash flood. Scientists say that climate ...

“American know-how,” “American ingenuity” — these were terms many of us grew up with to describe the innovation and advancement powered by United States leadership in science that has made life easier ...

The review is intended to “inform” EPA’s effort to revoke the 2009 endangerment finding. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Thursday said it will conduct a “fast-track” ...

Misalignment between U.S. disease burden and novel therapy innovation may contribute to an increase in U.S. disease prevalence, morbidity, and premature mortality, and may exacerbate existing health ...

Lyme infection-associated chronic illness (IACI) is real, often debilitating and long-lasting, and in urgent need of research that prioritizes treatments to improve symptoms affecting patients’ ...

Theresa Gaffney is the lead Morning Rounds writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy, with a particular interest in mental health, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQ+ patient ...

ACMG applauds NASEM’s recommendations and outlines urgent steps to protect and advance newborn screening in light of recent federal changes American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics BETHESDA, ...